Ric is our mid-day host and a Vermont Edition producer. Prior to joining VPR in 2007, Ric was the morning show host at WNCS in Montpelier. Before that, he hosted the morning show at WOXY in Oxford, Ohio.

Interwoven with his radio experience, Ric has been a senior copy writer and account supervisor for McGuire & Associates, a Florida-based advertising agency. He has also taught media writing classes at Miami University.

An expert in polo and British soccer, Ric holds a B.S. from the University of Dayton and an M.S. from St. Thomas University.

 

Patti is an integral part of VPR's news effort and part of the team that created Vermont Edition. As senior producer, Patti guides the team that puts Vermont Edition on the air every day, working with producers to select and research show ideas, select guests and develop the sound and tone of the program. Patti has produced public affairs programs like VPR's symposia and election night coverage, and special projects like the documentary, Phish: The Final Curtain. A graduate of Bates College, Patti worked for several years on civil society projects in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. Patti is active in the Burlington Rugby Club and though she claims to not like running, she's finished a few marathons.

Samantha Fields is a producer/reporter on Vermont Edition.

Samantha began her journalism career as a reporter and assistant editor for The Wellesley Townsman, a weekly paper in a suburb of Boston. She then went on to get her master's at Columbia Journalism School, where she fell in love with radio. After graduating, she worked at ABC News in London, at a women's lifestyle website in Paris and for The Takeaway at WNYC in New York before being lured up to Burlington by VPR. She's found that producing and reporting for Vermont Edition is a great way to get to know her new home state.

Tim is an online producer, responsible for maintaining VPR News content on this site.

He came to Vermont Public Radio in 2005 from Vermont Public Television, where he produced segments for the program "Outdoor Journal." In addition to an occasional essay for Vermont Edition, he can be heard co-hosting the annual VPR American Music Sampler program with Peter Fox Smith and Betty Smith.  An avid theater fan, he also admits to being "a confirmed movie geek". 

 

Bob is a veteran Vermont journalist, specializing in political reporting. He is based in VPR’s Capital Bureau located across the street from Vermont’s Statehouse. Prior to joining VPR full time in 2002, Bob ran the Vermont News Service for 21 years. The service provided daily local news for eleven stations, including VPR. Bob started the News Service following a stint as news director for WNCS.

 

 

Jane joined VPR from Marketplace, public radio's award winning national business program, where she served as director/producer. A native Vermonter, Jane graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Anthropology. She began her career writing and editing for Let’s Go Travel Guides. In 2001, she joined National Public Radio (NPR) as an Editorial/Production Assistant for Radio Expeditions, a co-production of NPR and the National Geographic Society. She's also worked with NPR's Talk of the Nation and Weekend Edition Saturday. Jane spends her free time writing, reading, hiking and in artistic endeavors including photography, pottery and printmaking.

John joined VPR in 2001 and has led the expansion of the station’s in-depth news coverage to include regional newscasts throughout the day, the daily news magazine Vermont Edition weekdays at noon, and the development of online news at VPR.net, including streaming audio from the Vermont Legislature.

Under John’s leadership, VPR has been honored with more than 60 awards, including five national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. John has been the executive producer on many VPR special coverage projects including the “Farm Family” series from the Northeast Kingdom, “Those CCC Boys,” a documentary on the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the documentary “Howard Dean, the Vermont Years.” He is the recipient of the Associated Press Distinguished Service Award.

Prior to joining VPR, he was the managing editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rutland Herald, where he helped establish the newspaper’s magazine section. John also was a founder of the weekly newspaper, The Windsor Chronicle. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont and grew up on a dairy farm in southern Vermont.

Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve was honored in 2007 with two national Edward R. Murrow Awards for his reporting on VPR.